Lomita Railroad Museum
The Lomita Railroad Museum is a museum in Lomita, California, United States, devoted to California railroad history. “Exhibits include a full-size steam locomotive with tender and caboose, and a station housing scale models, photographs and paintings…Photo: Lomita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Friday—Sunday: 10:00 AM—5:00 PM
Monday—Thursday: closed
public holidays: closed - Type: Museum
- Description: railroad museum in Lomita, California
- Address: 2137 250th Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Zamperini Field and Nathaniel Narbonne High School.
Zamperini Field
Aerodrome
Photo: USGS, Public domain.
Zamperini Field is a public airport three miles southwest of downtown Torrance, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The airport is classified by the FAA as a Regional Reliever and was once known as Torrance Municipal Airport; it was renamed for local sports and war hero Louis Zamperini on December 7, 1946, the fifth anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack.
Nathaniel Narbonne High School
School
Nathaniel Narbonne High School is a school located at 24300 South Western Avenue, in the Harbor City area of Los Angeles, California. Narbonne serves grades 9 through 12 and is part of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Nathaniel Narbonne High School is situated 1 mile east of Lomita Railroad Museum.
South Coast Botanic Garden
Garden
Photo: InSapphoWeTrust, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The South Coast Botanic Garden is an 87 acres botanical garden in the Palos Verdes Hills, in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, California, United States, about 10 miles south of Los Angeles International Airport. South Coast Botanic Garden is situated 2 miles southwest of Lomita Railroad Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lomita and Harbor City.
Lomita
Town
Photo: Lomita, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lomita is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 20,921 at the 2020 census, up slightly from 20,256 at the 2010 census.
Harbor City
Quarter
Photo: Elefuntboy, Public domain.
Harbor City is a highly diverse neighborhood in the South Bay and Harbor region of Los Angeles, California, with a population upward of 36,000 people. Originally part of the Rancho San Pedro Spanish land grant, the 2.58-square-mile Harbor City was brought into Los Angeles as a preliminary step in the larger city's consolidation with the port cities of Wilmington and San Pedro.
Walteria
Hamlet
Walteria is a neighborhood in south Torrance in southern California, United States. It is bounded by Crenshaw Boulevard on the east, Pacific Coast Highway on the north, Vista Montana to the west; and approximately Newton Street, Blair Way, Winlock Road and Rolling Hills Way to the south. Walteria is situated 2 miles west of Lomita Railroad Museum.
Lomita Railroad Museum
- Categories: railway museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.79842° or 33° 47′ 54″ northLongitude
-118.31873° or 118° 19′ 7″ westElevation
69 feet (21 metres)Inception
1966Levels
1Height
23 feet (6.9 metres)Operator
The Lomita Railroad Museum FoundationOpen location code
8553QMXJ+9GOpenStreetMap ID
way 442350686OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumGeoNames ID
5367779Wikidata ID
Q3258872
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Lomita Railroad Museum” goes by many names.
- French: “Lomita Railroad Museum”
- Russian: “Железнодорожный музей Ломита”
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